high-flown

Modifies a noun

• rhetoric: Punchy or stylish writing is welcome, but do not make high-flown rhetoric a substitute for serious argument.
• language: I never knew such a lass for high-flown language.
• phrase: In these they should be taught to express themselves clearly, concisely, and naturally, without affected Words, or high-flown Phrases.
• word: The contrast of high-flown humanitarian words with a dangerous chauvinist aim is highly marked.
• theory: After all, nursing is a practice discipline and it is remarkable how much high-flown theory is published.
• statement: Eduard: Putin made another high-flown statement, but it seems to me that he was not.. .

Modifying Another Word

rather: Perhaps this rather high-flown mission is a simple matter of the Kanazawa museum distinguishing itself from its competitors on the international contemporary art trail.